Mainstreaming gender into healthcare: A scoping exercise into policy transfer in England and Germany

Current Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-568

  Kuhlmann, Ellen ^a   Annandale, Ellen ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England and Germany; gender mainstreaming; health policy; healthcare; policy transfer; policy translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862699281     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392112438339     Document Type: Article

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